The wreckage of the car. The driver, a 20-year-old Australian, is in intensive careSky

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The Motor Sports Association said that it was 'shocked and saddened'Sky

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Edwards on holiday in ThailandTwitter/@LauraIsabelllle

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Edwards celebrates his victory in the Porsche Supercup race in MonacoReuters

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Edwards's father, Guy, was awarded a medal for rescuing Niki Lauda

Kevin EasonMotor Racing Correspondent

Last updated at 12:09AM, October 16 2013

A British racing car driver who appeared in the Hollywood film Rush,
recreating his father’s efforts to save the Formula One world champion Niki
Lauda from a blazing car, has been killed in a similar race track crash.

Sean Edwards, who was leading this year’s Porsche Supercup championship, died
when the car in which he was acting as an instructor crashed into barriers
and burst into flames at the Queensland Raceway, near Brisbane, Australia.

The driver, a Brisbane man aged 20, was in intensive care yesterday after
rescue crews spent three hours extricating him from the wreckage of the
Porsche

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Footage from the scene at Queensland Raceway after the crash that claimed the life of Sean Edwards